Demountable rim and felly structure.



Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Q KXM F. TAYLOR.

DEMOUNTABLE RIM AND FELLY STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-25.1915.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918. k

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FEED TAYLOR, OE fiLEVELAND, (915150.

DEIVIOUNTABLE Rim AND KELLY STBUGTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October $35, 3915. Serial the. 523633.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Flinn TAYLOR, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Deniountable Him and Felly Structures, of which the following is a. specification. 4

This invention relates generally to wheels, and particularly to connecting means between the rim and telly and the web or spoke structure.

More specifically the invention relates to a metal wheel comprising a web made up of sheet metal stainpings secured together, a rim, :1 telly, secured to the rim, and suitable deinountable connections between incinbers'attachecl to the telly and the ends of the spokes whereby the parts are firmly held in place to form a substantial wheel structure.

The invention may he further briefly S1111- marized as consisting in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in the following description, drawings and claims.

Referring to the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a portion 01 a wheel; Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the rim showing a part of one of the spoke portions in elevation; Fig. 3 is a view in section showing the rim spoke deniountable structure in section with the parts separated as in the removal of the rim and telly; Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the spoke portions; Fi 5 is a sectional view upon the line 55 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 6 is a section upon the line 6-6 of Fl 3 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. '2' is a top plan view of the rim clamping member with the rim and telly removed; Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows; and Big. 9 is a sectional view on the line 99 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, 1 represents a rim of any preferred type provided with countersunk openings 2 placed at intervals around the same. Within the rim 1 is a stamped telly 3 presenting the appearance of the ordinary wood-telly and provided at its inner periphery with open-- the openings 2 of receive the spoke carried by the ings 4 in alineinent with the rim. These openings clamping members which are folly and rim structure.

. tightly within the spoke portion and he n The rim and telly spoke clamping uw her comprises a body portion provi with a shank 6 adapted to extend inside oi the telly, a shoulder 7 for engagement in the opening l, and a head 8 forming; an end portion 9, adapted to be swagcrl into ti o countersunk opening 2. llie body portion of this clamping member is provided with ,a rearwardly extending incline portion 10,

'at the rear by an inwardly extending shaped notch 16 as shown in Fig. 9.

The web of the wheel comprises a hub 17 arranged within the spoke structure which consists of a sheet metal rear plate 18 and a front sheet metal plate 19, tl :se plates being somewhat V-shapetl in *oss section with flanges 20 and :21, which headed together one over the other to secure the plat together the edges of the spokes and at the center. preferred to make the flange 21 wider than the flange '20 and to head this flange 21 around the. latter as is clearly shown in Fig. i.

The clamp structure at the end of each spoke portion will now be described. The rear stamping of each spoke portion on tends out to a point which fits nicely inside of the telly 3, and the sides of the V shaped sta nping are inclined to correspond to the inclination of the inclined portion 16 of the rim and folly clamping member, while the forward plate portion or each spoke portion of the web has its sides inclined upward tocorrespond with the face 15 as is clearly shown in "Within the opening formed. by the trout and rear plates of each spoke portion is a filler clock 22 fitting r;

an inclined face 23 for engagement with inclined face of the inclined portion lt This face is interrupted by a suitable head 24 corresponding to and adapted to it into the recess ll. This filler block below this face is provided with on opening 25 receiring a clampiu bolt '26 provided with a. head 27 engaging in side of the rear half of the spoke portion and adapted to pass into the portions 12 having a boltopening recesses opening 13 of a corresponding rim and telly sightly bolts or projections extending from clamping member. At the JllYlCtlOfi of the the side of the telly as in many of the defront and rear halves of each of the spoke mountable rim Wheel structures.

portions the filler block has an abrupt ver- Having described my invention, Iclaim:- tical face .28, as shown in Fig. 3, for en- 1. A wheel comprising a rim, a stamped. gagement with the corresponding abrupt sheet metal telly, a plurality of clamping face about the opening 13, and below this it blocks extending inward therefrom and havmeets an inclined face 29 corresponding to ing shanks secured to the telly, and inclined the face 15 of the rim and folly clamping clamping faces in different planes, a

member. This face is also interrupted by stamped sheet metal Web structure having an upwardly extending bead or ridge 3G hollow spoke portions, :1 filler block in the "which is inclined and conforms to the conend of each spoke portion the block and figuration ot' the recess 16 in the face 15. the end of the spoke portion having inclined A suitable nut 31 and Washer 32 are adapted faces for cooperation With the inclined faces to fit into the socket 1% and engage the of the corresponding rim and .felly clampthreaded end of the bolt 26. mg member, and clamping means arranged By the arrangement of the parts as de between the cooperating clamping members.

scribe-d it will be seen that the rim and 2. A wheel comprising a rim, a stamped telly structure together with the spoke sheet metal felly, a plurality of clamping clam )in members carried thereb ma be blocks havin shanks sccurin the fellv to i 12/ i e I?! 2-; .1

readily removed from the Web structure by the rim, and inclined clamping faces in difrernoving the nuts 31 and Washers 32. ferent planes, a stamped sheet metal web l /hen the parts are secured together, howstructure having, hollow spoke portions, a ever, the rim and folly structure is firmly filler block in the end of each spoke porheld in place against the radial and cirtioir'having inclined faces for coiiperation cnmlierenti l over come by the inciined faces of the ention carried by one of said cooperating parts and the circumferential the clamping members and engaging in a suitment of the rim structure and Web being rim and telly clamping member, a projecplacement b, bots 26 together with able I'ecessof the other, and clamping bolts th -1' recesses arranged passingthrough both parts o't each conn, on plete clamp.

having the clamping memin testimony whereof I allix my signahers proje ting nwardly from the inner peture in presence of two Witnesses as follows. 7 .1" J31 I '13" l riphery or the 1431 y and the met dual ciamp- FRED TAYI OR ing members on the ends or the spokes tor f icofiperation therewith prorid a structure Witnesses: I wherein the appearance the wheel 18 G. O. FARQUHARSON,

catly improved in that there are no nn- D. Toznn.

nioven'sent, the relative lllOVG with the inclined faces of the corresponding 

